Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Plant

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Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Plant[1]
Official name石島灣核電廠
CountryPeople's Republic of China
LocationRongcheng, Weihai, Shandong
Coordinates36°57′54″N 122°31′12″E / 36.96500°N 122.52000°E / 36.96500; 122.52000Coordinates: 36°57′54″N 122°31′12″E / 36.96500°N 122.52000°E / 36.96500; 122.52000
StatusUnder construction
Construction beganDecember 9, 2012 (2012-12-09)
Construction costUS$16 billion (units 1–7)
Owner(s)China Huaneng Group
Shandong Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Co., Ltd (HSNPC)
Tsinghua University
Nuclear power station
Reactor typeHTGR
Cooling sourceHeiniwan
Power generation
Make and modelHTR-PM
CAP1400
Units under const.1 × 200 MW
2 × 1400 MW
Units planned9 × 200 MW

Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Plant (simplified Chinese: 石岛湾核电厂; traditional Chinese: 石島灣核電廠; pinyin: Shídǎo wān hédiàn chǎng), commonly known as Shidaowan, is a nuclear power plant in Shandong province, China. The site is located near the Xiqianjia village in Ningjin subdistrict, Rongcheng, Weihai, Shandong. The plant is located about 23 kilometres (14 mi) south of Rongcheng City, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) northwest of Shidao, and 68 kilometres (42 mi) southeast of Weihai City.[2]

The plant will have the first fourth-generation nuclear reactors in the world: the HTR-PM, a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) concept. The plant will ultimately have ten 210 MWe (megawatts electrical) units of this type. Each unit is made of two HTR-PM reactors driving a single 210 MWe steam turbine.

The plant will also host the construction of two 1,500 MWe CAP1400 pressurized water reactors, a design based on the AP1000[3] jointly developed by Westinghouse and the State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC).

Shidao Bay nuclear power plant is a joint venture by China Huaneng Group, China Nuclear Engineering & Construction Group, and Tsinghua University. The total investment of 100 billion yuan (US$15.7 billion) and the 20-year construction plan makes it China's largest planned nuclear project.

HTR-PM[edit]

In 2005, China announced its intention to scale up the HTR-10 experimental reactor for commercial power generation. The first two 250-MWt High-Temperature Reactor-Pebble-bed Modules (HTR-PM) will be installed at Shidao Bay, and together drive a steam turbine generating 200 MWe.

Originally to be started in 2011, the project was postponed after the incident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan in March 2011. In 2009, it was planned to be finished in 2013.[4] Construction finally began at the end of 2012,[5] with the pouring of concrete basemat occurring in April 2014.[6] The vessel was installed in 2016. It was expected to begin operating around 2017,[7] later postponed to 2018.

In December 2017, the pressure vessel head was installed.[8]

An updated larger power plant, HTR-PM600, is planned with a capacity of 600 MWe using 6 HTR-PM reactor units.[9]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Shidao Bay nuclear power plant started at the end of 2012". Qingdao Municipal Government. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Marine Works of Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Plant". CCCC-FHDI Engineering. May 5, 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  3. ^ John A. Mathews; Hao Tan; O'Faircheallaigh (13 August 2015). China’s Renewable Energy Revolution. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 55–. ISBN 978-1-137-54625-8.
  4. ^ "Current status and technical description of Chinese 2×250MWth HTR-PM demonstration plant". Nuclear Engineering and Design. 239: 1212–1219. doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2009.02.023.
  5. ^ "China Begins Construction Of First Generation IV HTR-PM Unit". 7 January 2013.
  6. ^ "First HTR-PM construction progresses". 4 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  7. ^ "First vessel installed in China's HTR-PM unit". 21 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  8. ^ http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-First-HTR-PM-vessel-head-in-place-0401185.html
  9. ^ "China plans further high temperature reactor innovation". www.world-nuclear-news.org. Retrieved 8 November 2017.